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Inria Centre de Recherche de Paris

PhD in Frugal Distributed Training with Volatile Resources Inria Centre at Université Côte d’Azur in France

Degree Level

PhD

Field of study

Computer Science

Funding

Fixed-term PhD contract for 36 months. Gross salary is 2300 EUR per month. The candidate will be hired by Hivenet and hosted mostly by the NEO project-team at Inria Centre at Université Côte d’Azur.

Deadline

Oct 25, 2026

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France

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Inria Centre de Recherche de Paris

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Keywords

Computer Science
Mathematics
Stochastic Processes
Federated Learning
Optimisation
Statistics
Distributed System

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PhD Position F/M: Frugal Distributed Training with Volatile Resources at Inria Centre at Université Côte d’Azur (NEO project-team), Sophia Antipolis, France, in collaboration with the ARGO project-team and Hivenet/Antimatter.

This PhD focuses on distributed training, federated learning, optimization, stochastic processes, and resource-aware machine learning. The thesis aims to design new algorithms for AI training on volatile, heterogeneous, and intermittently available computing resources, with attention to training time, accuracy, communication cost, and potentially energy/carbon impact.

The research includes modeling resource availability from traces or measurements, designing scheduling and training strategies, proving convergence and performance guarantees, and evaluating methods in simulation and in Hivenet-like conditions. The environment is interdisciplinary, combining machine learning, distributed optimization, federated learning, and large-scale distributed infrastructures.

Supervision is by Giovanni Neglia (Inria NEO), Laurent Massoulié (Inria ARGO), and Igor Carrara (Hivenet / Antimatter).

Eligibility highlights: graduate degree or equivalent, strong mathematical background, good Python programming skills, and fluency in English. Experience with PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX, distributed learning systems, stochastic modeling, scheduling, or energy-aware computing is a plus.

Funding: fixed-term PhD contract for 36 months with a gross salary of 2300 EUR/month. Location: Sophia Antipolis, France. Deadline to apply: 2026-10-25.

Apply online via the Inria job portal for offer #2026-10078.

Funding details

Fixed-term PhD contract for 36 months. Gross salary is 2300 EUR per month. The candidate will be hired by Hivenet and hosted mostly by the NEO project-team at Inria Centre at Université Côte d’Azur.

What's required

Graduate degree or equivalent is required. The candidate should have a solid mathematical background, especially in optimization, probability, stochastic processes, or statistical machine learning. Strong interest in distributed systems and resource-aware machine learning is expected. Good programming skills are required, preferably in Python; experience with PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX, distributed learning simulation, federated learning, distributed optimization, stochastic modeling, scheduling algorithms, or energy-aware computing is a plus. Fluency in English is expected.

How to apply

Apply online on the Inria website using the application portal for offer #2026-10078. You must enter an email address to save the application, and applications sent through other channels are not guaranteed to be processed.

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